Improvement in seed-planters



, 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. R. FAITZSIMONS. Seed-Pla;n ter.l

No. 210,111. Patented Nov. 19, .1878..

N.PETER5. FHDTWUTHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTDN, D. C.

UNITED BAT-ENTQFFIGE- ROBERT FITZSIMONS, OF TOMAH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 210,111, dated November 19, 1878; application `iiled September 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, ROBERT FrrzsiMoNs, of Tomah, in the county of Monroe, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a seed-planter, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my planter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 a transverse vertical section, of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section of one of the seed-boxes with its spout.

A represents a frame secured on the axle B, and supporting at its forward end a bar, O, upon which the seed-boxes are located. D D represent inclined bars or perches attached to the axle B, passing under the bar O, and connecting with a front axle, E, having small wheels F F 011 its ends.

G G represent the seed-boxes secured on the bar O, and H H are the chutes or conductors for conveying the seed from the boxes into the ground.

Ils the dropping-slide, moving over the bar O through the boxes G Gr. The slide I and bar O are provided' with suitable seed-openings, and in each seed-box is a cut-oft', which parts are not necessary to be described, as they are substantially the same as in other seed-planters.

On the slide I is secured a plate, J, having two inclined sides or edges, a, with a point, a', between them. This plate is adj ust-able by means of screws passing through slots in the plate, as shown. Against the inclined edges of the plate- J works a roller, d, which is mounted on a stud in one end of a pivoted arm, K, and a spring, f, is arranged to act on said arm, so as to hold the roller with force against the edge of the plate. The slide I bein g moved by devices hereinafter describedl until the point a of the plate J has just passed the roller, the action of the spring f is to cause the roller to work 011 the incline, so as to suddenly continue the stroke of the slide. The action is the same on the return stroke.

L Ll are the wheels on the ends ofthe main axle B. The wheel L turns loosely on the end of the axle. The wheel L turns on a sleeve placed on the end ofthe axle, said sleeve having at its outer end a disk, M, and on its iuner end a cup-shaped wheel, N, with a crossbar, O, for marking the ground. A ratchetwheel, h, and pawl i connect the two wheels N and L together.

On the disk M is a wrist-pin, c, which, by a pitman or rod, k, is connected with one arm of an elbow-lever, P, while the other arm is placed in a slot in the slide Ifor operating the same. By these means the slide I obtains its reciprocating motion, each stroke or movement being commenced by the lever P, and completed by the roller d acting on the inclined plate J, as described.-

In each chute or conductor H'is pivoted a valve, It, which works from side to side by the movement of the slide I, the upper end of -said valve being actuated by shoulders x x,

lor their equivalents, inthe under side of the slide.

S s a lever for raising the front of the planter out of the ground. Tis a lever operating on the arm K for throwing the roller d off from the plate J. VV are Scrapers operated by a lever, W, for cleaning the wheels L L', and at the same time act as brakes.

In starting new rows the planting mechan` ism is set by means of the wheel N andmarker O, so as to bring'the hills in papillel rows both ways. "fief Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the slide I, adjustable plate J, having inclines a aand point al,

the arm K, roller d, und spring f, substanl In testimony that I claim the foregoing I tially as and for the purposes herein set forth. have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of 2. The combination, With the driving-Wheel July, 1878.

L', of the disk M, having Wrist-pin e, the pitman k, and elbow-lever l), for starting the ROBERT FITZSIMON S. dropping-slide I, and the double-inclined plate J, and the spring-arm K, With roller d, for sud- Witnesses:

denly completing' the movement of the slide, S. N. STAYSA,

substantially as herein setI forth. N. S. BUTTON. 

